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Prof. Charitha Jayaruk Thambiliyagodage

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Prof. Charitha Jayaruk Thambiliyagodage

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Jayaruk is a graduate of the University of Colombo. He pursued his PhD in Chemistry from The University of Alabama, USA. He has specialized in Materials, Analytical and Physical Chemistry. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Sciences, SLIIT. He is the coordinator of the BSc Biotechnology degree programme. He has been awarded the chartered chemist designation by the Institute of Chemistry, Ceylon. He supervises Postgraduate students at the University of Colombo and the University of Kelaniya and supervises undergraduate students at the Institute of Chemistry. He is interested in doing research on using nanomaterials in water purification and as antimicrobial reagents. Further, he is interested in researching on algae and plant materials for their pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical activities. He has specialized in many instruments like Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), X-Ray Photoelectron Spectrometer (XPS), Gas chromatograph-Mass spectrometer (GC-MS), Raman Spectrometer, FT-IR spectrometer, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analyzer etc. He is interested in practical-based science education and believes in uplifting the research culture among upcoming scientists in the country.

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Application of nanomaterials for water purification Novel nanomaterials incorporated cosmeceuticals and pharmaceuticals Natural material based neutraceuticals Alternative energy sources Novel packaging materials Environmental Chemistry

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    Effect of Co-pollutants on the Photocatalytic Activity of Fe doped ZnO Nanoparticles on the Degradation of Methylene Blue
    (IEEE, 2022-07-18) Thambiliyagodage, C; Lokuge, N
    ZnO nanoparticles and Fe doped ZnO nanoparticles with varying Fe concentrations as 0.025, 0.05, 0.075, and 0.1% respective to Zn, was successfully synthesized by the sol-gel method. Synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and Raman spectroscopy. As revealed by both studies Fe has successfully doped to ZnO without causing any lattice distortions. Synthesized catalysts were photocatalytically active in degrading methylene blue under sunlight. The effect of co-pollutants; Rhodamine B, Pb 2+ , PO43− and S2O32− on the rate of photodegradation was studied and it was found that Rhodamine B, Pb 2+ , and PO43− reduce the rate and S2O32− increases the rate of photodegradation.